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“A penny pincher”in other languages

A stingy person.

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Polish
English
penny pincher
French
Avoir des oursins dans la poche literally To have sea urchins in one's pocket
Italian
Avere le braccine corte literally To have short little arms
Polish
Mieć węża w kieszeni literally To have a snake in your pocket
Behind the words

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English pinches every penny. The others make the pocket dangerous: sea urchins in it in French, avoir des oursins dans la poche, and a snake in Polish, mieć węża w kieszeni. Reaching for money hurts.

Italian has arms too short to reach the bill, avere le braccine corte.

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